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Baker will announce details of state plan to loosen lockdown today

Massachusetts on Monday will take a tentative step toward restoring some aspects of normal life after a two-month lockdown, when Governor Charlie Baker presents a plan to gradually reopen the economy amid a COVID-19 pandemic that is still claiming close to 100 lives in the state every day.

Read the safety guidance for houses of worship, construction, and manufacturing State representative receives threatening message after calling on governor to delay reopening

Once a star surgeon, Dover man now charged in death of his wife

Before Dr. Ingolf Tuerk, a former top surgeon at St. Elizabeth?s Medical Center, was accused by authorities over the weekend of killing his wife, she told police that he had repeatedly abused her during their months-long marriage.

Inspector general was examining whether Pompeo had staffer walk dog, handle dry cleaning, official says

The State Department inspector general fired by President Donald Trump was looking into allegations that a staffer for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was performing domestic errands, chores, and making restaurant reservations.

Trump aide raises tension with CDC after criticizing health agency publicly

Hundreds of Mass. workers say companies failed to protect them from COVID-19

Workers across Massachusetts have filed hundreds of complaints with the federal government in recent weeks, alleging their employers failed to keep them protected from the coronavirus. The state logged among the most worker complaints in the country, trailing only Oregon and California, records show.

Amazon facing scrutiny in Mass. after employees file complaints about working conditions

The pandemic is wreaking havoc on municipal finances, with more pain to come

City and town budgets have been thrown into chaos, forcing cuts that have hit senior centers, schools, and police departments in municipalities across Massachusetts. But while everyone hopes the reductions are temporary, local officials are preparing for more drastic action that could cut even deeper into essential services.

Fed chairman warns US recovery could stretch through end of 2021

To reopen, restaurants will need to completely reinvent themselves

As restaurants contemplate reopening after the crisis, they face an entirely new reality: How to serve guests and make them feel welcome while also doing everything they can to make them feel safe.

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Expand access to the ballot

State needs automatic vote-by-mail system

When it?s a matter of survival, let museums sell art

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This week?s TV: The legacy of soap operas, ?Homecoming? returns, Gloucester goes fishing

10 more very good movies that you probably haven?t seen

In praise of birdsong

The unscripted silliness of bloopers is a blunder to behold

'THE MECHANIC' BY BEN MEZRICH

Start at the beginning of ?The Mechanic?

Read all the available chapters for the fictional thriller that entwines a card shark, the legacy of Paul Revere, and the Gardner art heist.

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On Wednesday May 20, best-selling author Ben Mezrich will talk with the Globe and readers about the novella recently published in the Globe and on Globe.com. RSVP now to participate.

A note from Ben Mezrich

When The Boston Globe first approached me with the idea of writing a serialized novella that would run for 15 days in the paper and online, I was both excited and terrified.

Comfort Zone

This week on ?Billions,? an entire episode authored by Ben Mezrich

Why Bob Ross?s ?The Joy of Painting? is perfect pandemic television

Watch: Oprah speaks to the graduating class of 2020

At the cemetery, blossoms of hope and new life

MGH begins to shift some resources as COVID-19 cases decline

With the peak in cases behind it, the hospital is returning some beds and staffers to their original roles.

See the latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

The Great Divide

Why is Massachusetts? tech sector so lacking in diversity? Take a look inside AP computer science classes

Black and Latino students? access to advanced computer science offerings is limited in Boston, despite the growing student demand. More than three-quarters of those students who took AP computer science exams in 2018-19 came from one of the city?s three highly-selective exam schools, a Globe analysis of state data found.

Health care workers live apart to protect families

It began as a common-sense decision to keep Susan Kalinda?s high-risk housemates as safe as possible during the coronavirus pandemic. It turned into an unexpected sanctuary.

More women than men are dying of coronavirus in Massachusetts. Why is that?

Adrian Walker

Boston Resiliency Fund is an under-the-radar success story

More than 5,800 donors have contributed a total of $30.7 million to the Boston Resiliency Fund.

Gary Washburn

What UCLA did in hiring Martin Jarmond should be the blueprint for the NFL

In getting the athletic director to leave Boston College, the Pac-12 school went outside the box for a leader

Q&A with Ken Dunlap, who managed the clubhouse during Michael Jordan?s baseball days

Appeals hearing in Orchids of Asia case rescheduled as Zoom video conference call June 30

The hearing was originally scheduled for May 21 in a West Palm Beach, Fla., courtroom.

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Town-by-town coronavirus data in Massachusetts

A list of layoffs and furloughs in Massachusetts (so far) due to coronavirus

Elegies for those lost to coronavirus

Michael Silverman

Marty Walsh on meeting Bobby Orr and missing Boston sports

A chance connection at the age of 7 with the hockey legend made an imprint on the future mayor of Boston.

COMFORT ZONE

Tufts medical student creates care kits for homeless individuals with coronavirus

?Individuals experiencing homelessness are facing very unique challenges in the current pandemic,? said Haya Raef, the third-year Tufts University medical student behind the project.

Lines for the elevator. One-way corridors. Zooming with colleagues in the next pod over. Office life is going to be strange

With a phased-in restart of the local economy imminent, companies are preparing to gradually return to dramatically changed workplaces.

Nationwide Zoom outage interrupts some church services

A national Zoom outage may have been felt most keenly by local churches, who experienced technical difficulties while trying to deliver their Sunday morning services via the videoconferencing platform.

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For Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden, a complex history gives way to a new alliance

The two have a long history, which is now in the spotlight as Biden considers Warren for his running mate.

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Provincetown, the country?s unofficial LGBTQ summer playground, faces a unique challenge this year

Provincetown isn?t a place known for social distancing, and that means that what makes this resort town special also makes it vulnerable to the coronavirus.

With astonishing speed, Covid-19 ripped through a Salem nursing home, bringing chaos and grief

The crisis, at a Salem home and elsewhere, has been aggravated by festering problems in the nursing home industry that policymakers have long pushed to the back burner.

Rhode Island

Narragansett council president wants the seaside town to ignore R.I. governor?s coronavirus rules

In the first official sign of rebellion against Governor Gina Raimondo?s coronavirus-related restrictions, the president of the Narragansett town council wants to order police to let businesses and residents violate her orders with impunity.

Rhode Island won?t start Phase 2 of reopening the economy until June

Grand juries may resume Monday, evictions on June 1, as R.I. courts start to reopen

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Alan Clayton-Matthews, Michael Goodman, and Alicia Sasser-Modestino

With plummeting revenues, state should impose a temporary tax increase

Isabelle Ferreras, Julie Battilana, and Dominique Méda

Let?s democratize and decommodify work

Whistle-blower lays bare incompetence that cost lives

Living apart ? and staying close ? in the coronavirus pandemic

Postcards from the pandemic

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Success requires luck. Why don?t we spread it around?

VISUAL STORIES

Patriots defensive end Chase Winovich may be confined, but he?s hardly at a standstill

Photos: Celebrating Mother?s Day, from a social distance

A funeral home copes with the surge during the coronavirus pandemic

Boston Globe staff photographer Erin Clark named Feature Photography Pulitzer finalist for 2020

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Middletown diving contractor making oxygen treatment hoods in response to the coronavirus pandemic

In the past six weeks, more than 2,000 hoods have been shipped within the US and around the world.

Phyllis George, trailblazing sportscaster, dies at 70

Ms. George achieved one level of fame as Miss America 1971 and another four years later when CBS hired her as a member of the otherwise all-male cast of ?The NFL Today.?

Michael McCaskey, who succeeded Halas as Bears? leader, dies

Michael McCaskey, who led the Chicago Bears for nearly three decades following the death of his grandfather George Halas, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer, the team said. He was 76.

Once a star surgeon, Dover man now charged in death of his wife

Boston Resiliency Fund is an under-the-radar success story

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ESPN has a chance to get it right with new ?Monday Night Football? team

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Bayern Munich enjoys quiet win in Berlin

There were strict hygiene measures: the stands were empty and elbow touches replacing embraces.

Bad pizza, not the flu, supposedly had Jordan sick during 1997 NBA Finals

Jordan confessed to the story in Sunday's final episode of "The Last Dance."

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Marty Walsh on meeting Bobby Orr and missing Boston sports

What UCLA did in hiring Martin Jarmond should be the blueprint for the NFL

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China warns US of ?all necessary measures? over Huawei rules

China?s commerce ministry says it will take ?all necessary measures? in response to new US restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei?s ability to use American technology, calling the measures an abuse of state power and a violation of market principles.

J.C. Penney hopes for a smooth restructuring, but challenges abound

The 118-year-old retailer called its Friday filing a pre-arranged bankruptcy, meaning its restructuring plan has some support from creditors, but not enough to avoid challenges.

Fed chief warns US economic recovery could stretch through end of 2021

To reopen, restaurants will need to completely reinvent themselves

Fed chairman warns US recovery could stretch through end of 2021

New Bedford factory?s masks are a team effort

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About two-thirds of people feel Mass. marijuana legalization was a success, according to new poll

Arizona court rejects online initiative signature gathering for initiatives such as marijuana legalization

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Q&A with Ken Dunlap, who managed the clubhouse during Michael Jordan?s baseball days

Rory McIlroy delivers the winner as live golf returns to TV

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State representative from Cambridge receives threatening message after calling on governor to delay reopening

Phyllis George, trailblazing sportscaster, dies at 70

Michael McCaskey, who succeeded Halas as Bears? leader, dies

Nation

Top US official says country safe to reopen as governors stress social distancing

With no leader, commission overseeing virus relief struggles

Health care workers live apart to protect families

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Europe bids adieu to cheek kiss in coronavirus era

Jordan warns Israel of ?massive conflict? over annexation

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Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speeches

Democrats begin investigation of removal of State Department inspector general

Trump fires State Department inspector general, in latest move against watchdogs, drawing complaints from Democrats

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China warns US of ?all necessary measures? over Huawei rules

J.C. Penney hopes for a smooth restructuring, but challenges abound

Fed chief warns US economic recovery could stretch through end of 2021

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Tufts medical student creates care kits for homeless individuals with coronavirus

Peabody designer attracts attention of Conan O?Brien and Ben Affleck

Provincetown, the country?s unofficial LGBTQ summer playground, faces a unique challenge this year

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About two-thirds of people feel Mass. marijuana legalization was a success, according to new poll

Arizona court rejects online initiative signature gathering for initiatives such as marijuana legalization

Maine scuttles residency requirement for pot businesses

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When it?s a matter of survival, let museums sell art

Not everyone can vote by mail. Protect in-person voting too

State needs automatic vote-by-mail system

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Congress introduces new bill requiring cash refunds from airlines ? regardless of who cancels the trip

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10 more very good movies that you probably haven?t seen

Doc Talk: Two looks at COVID-19, Louis Malle?s America, Henri Langlois salute

?The Last Dance? as choreography; or why Larry Bird and John Wayne are different

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This week?s TV: The legacy of soap operas, ?Homecoming? returns, Gloucester goes fishing

Barack Obama, LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai salute high school class of 2020 in 'Graduate Together? virtual ceremony. Here?s what you missed

Michelle Obama helps bring ?prom-athon? to MTV

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BSO cancels Tanglewood for the first time in 75 years

Housebound with my records, my preschooler, and a resolve to fill the silence

For musicians, unemployment coverage is out of step

Theater/Dance

In isolation, theater couples entertain new ideas ? and each other

Gloucester Stage cancels summer season

Urbanity Dance is projecting pop-up dance videos, powered by car battery, onto Boston buildings

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Should recreational marijuana businesses be allowed to operate in Massachusetts during the pandemic?

?Happy 78th birthday, Ray. Keep waving. Keep smiling.?

Technology helps keep formerly homeless veterans in Somerville monitored during pandemic

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Phyllis George, trailblazing sportscaster, dies at 70

Michael McCaskey, who succeeded Halas as Bears? leader, dies

Fred Willard, the comedic improv-style actor, has died at 86